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The x360 16 is a solid option if you'd like to play a few titles once in a while, perhaps during a dull work trip when you don’t want to lug around a heavier gaming notebook.īig screens come with huge energy demands, though, so I wasn’t surprised when the x360 only lasted 10 hours and 55 minutes during our battery test.

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It was also serviceable for basic 1080p gaming: I had no trouble playing a few rounds of Halo Infinite with medium graphics settings. That RTX 3050 is the lowest-end entry among NVIDIA's current offerings, but it's still better than what you'd get with Intel's integrated Xe graphics. I expected higher numbers, though, as it has a more powerful GPU than either of those systems. When it comes to general system benchmarks, the x360 16 scored similarly to last year's Surface Laptop 4 15 and ASUS's ZenBook Duo. Surface Laptop 4 15' (AMD Ryzen 7 4980U Surface Edition, Radeon) Razer Blade 14 (AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, NVIDIA RTX 3080) Surface Laptop Studio (Intel Core i7-11350H, NVIDIA RTX 3050 Ti) (We run the ATTO benchmark with a 4GB file setting.)

When we asked HP about those issues, a representative noted that Optane drives can sometimes show lower performance figures, especially when you're testing large amounts of data. That's honestly surprising for an NVMe drive. According to the ATTO bench, it had average write speeds of around 2 GB/s, and read speeds that were significantly slower than most notebooks we see today. The only disappointing thing was its disk speeds. It opened apps up swiftly, and it didn't show any signs of slowdown as I piled on more and more browser tabs.

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The x360 had no trouble with basic productivity tasks - not a surprise given its hardware - and I appreciated just how peppy it made Windows 11 feel. Our review unit was the top-end $2,030 configuration: You get an Intel Core i7-11390H processor (there's no 12th-gen support yet), 16GB of RAM, NVIDIA's RTX 3050 GPU and a 1TB NVMe SSD with 32GB of Intel Optane memory.

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On the plus side, the touchpad is now 39 percent larger, and it still feels incredibly smooth and reliable. My only complaint is that it's a bit non-standard: there's a fingerprint sensor instead of a right Control key, as well as an assortment of specialized function keys to figure out. It’s like a concert piano just begging to be played. It's wide enough for me to spread my fingers out comfortably, and there's a satisfying amount of travel to every key. Speaking of work, typing up this review on the x360 made me fall in love with HP's full-sized keyboard even more than I did with the 13-inch model. But really, having a larger screen for productivity work and Netflix binging makes up for that. I didn't find the x360's tablet mode very useful, though it's just way too heavy to hold up for long, and it's simply awkward to use. You can also flip the keyboard upside down to make the display prop up on its own, which could be helpful if you just need an additional screen alongside a desktop. Just like every convertible PC, the tent formation is a nice way to prop up the x360 if you're just lounging in bed. Rotating it around into a tent or tablet mode takes a bit more effort, due to the sheer size of the system. HP's convertible hinge makes it easy to flip open the x360 16 one-handed.

But if you're upgrading from an older PC, the x360's screen will still be a significant step up. For some, not having those features may be a dealbreaker, especially if you plan to watch a lot of HDR video, or if you're intrigued by the smoothness of having a high refresh rate display. Unfortunately, the x360 doesn't support HDR and Dolby Vision like Dell's XPS line, or a fast 120Hz refresh rate like we saw on the Surface Laptop Studio. There are also 3K+ LED screens available if you don't want to pay a premium for OLED. Our review unit featured a 4K+ OLED monitor that looked simply beautiful, no matter what I was looking at (though I'm a sucker for OLED's deep black levels and eye-popping colors). That results in a screen that's 22 millimeters taller, with 11 percent more vertical viewing area, according to HP.

HP was able to fit a larger display into a similarly sized case by reducing bezel sizes and moving toward a taller 16-by-10 aspect ratio. Like many 16-inch notebooks we've seen recently, the x360 replaces a 15-inch model.

It doesn't look like a cookie-cutter PC, and that’s the point. Little things, like the case's cut off corners and the slightly softer edges, give the x360 16 an artisanal quality. The Spectre line used to lean more heavily into a bejeweled look, but now HP is trying to tone things down while also delivering some style. Both companies went for sleek, all-metal cases, but HP's hardware features metallic accents along its edges (even the hinges get some bling). Design wise, the Spectre x360 16 is more glam than Dell's minimalist XPS line.